Post by: Rhoq on November 12, 2004, 01:50:34 PM
Game Stop employee #1 - What good games are out for the GameCube?
Game Stop employee #2 - GameCube? (laughs) - Man, the GameCube sucks.
Game Stop employee #1 - Oh, well I just bought one for Resident Evil 4. If Nintendo didn't have Resident Evil, I probably wouldn'y have bought a GameCube.
Game Stop employee #2 - You wasted your money. Resident Evil 4 is coming out for the PS2, too.
Game Stop employee #1 - Yeah, I know - but it will be so much better on the GameCube.
Game Stop employee #2 - (laughs some more) Dude - PS2 will have in 6 months to a year after the GameCube gets it. It will be the same game - plus it will have on-line. Nintendo has disappointed me. The GameCube could have been great but they let it fall apart.
At that point I was disgusted enough by what I had just heard, that I left the store without buying anything. I can only image what they would if someone stopped in there looking to buy a GameCube.
Yes, I know these are Game Stop employees I'm talking about here, but still - certain conversations should be had away from customers.
Post by: smf1978 on November 12, 2004, 02:16:41 PM
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Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 12, 2004, 04:21:51 PM
*Customer strolls in*
"MY GOOD MAN, WHAT GOOD GAMES ARE THERE ON THE GAMECUBE?"
"Dunno lol we got Halo 2 in the other day and there's a whole stack of N-Gage sitting around"
"I DISLIKE YOUR BRAIN"
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 12, 2004, 04:27:35 PM
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Post by: Ian Sane on November 12, 2004, 09:40:27 PM
I have never heard any of them say something sucks. Not even N-Gage or that Aquaman game. And that makes sense. A stores' employees should act like everything they sell is amazing.
Post by: Infernal Monkey on November 12, 2004, 11:39:39 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
I have never heard any of them say something sucks. Not even N-Gage or that Aquaman game. And that makes sense. A stores' employees should act like everything they sell is amazing.
Heh, back in early-ish '97 I went into High-Tech World (craptastic local game shop) with a mate who wanted to buy a Saturn. We asked the guys how much they were selling them for, they told him to get a PlayStation instead. "But I don't want a PlayStation, you can't get Panzer Dragoon and Burning Rangers on that" "Yeah but we've got this awesome pack that includes a PlayStation with Time Crisis! Nobody likes Saturn, the thing's dying! Only PlayStation's getting Tomb Radier 2!"
He told them off, we went into Kmart and he got his Saturn. LOSE SALES EVERYDAY.
Post by: Shift Key on November 13, 2004, 12:03:03 AM
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Only PlayStation's getting Tomb Radier 2!"
OH I'M DOWN! *buys ten*
I actually know a few guys that work in EB these days - guys that I used to go to school with, one guy that I used to work with, and I'm on first name basis with the manager of one store ^___^ And none of them are ignorant clowns
The best way to show your dissaproval is with your feet - by shopping elsewhere.
Post by: Rancid Planet on November 13, 2004, 09:16:56 PM
It's sad that certain stores employ such tards but hey I won't condem the entire franchise for it. My local GameSop and EB are both very Nintendo friendly.
Post by: VideoGamerJ on November 14, 2004, 07:06:19 PM
Post by: Hemmorrhoid on November 15, 2004, 01:05:19 AM
unbiased, intelligent and objective?
No, they take stupid people that dont find other jobs.
Post by: KDR_11k on November 15, 2004, 03:18:30 AM
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Post by: TMW on November 17, 2004, 01:35:27 AM
That, and they remember my name. How cool is that? I have my DS pre-ordered at the Gamestop, but I've actually changed my mind about some of the guys at EB. One snuck me the cool "Fatal Fury" hat you'd normally get with the new KOF game, after I asked him if it was for sale.
And, I was just in my Gamestop, and the DS was not only getting alot of attention (they had the kisosks there, and I played a little Hunters), but the clerks were genuinely trying to sell it. I was impressed.
Post by: Draygaia on November 17, 2004, 03:58:03 AM
GStop is always like telekmarketing to me. They get me to buy other things other than what I buy. A lot of times they don't even know what I'm talking about and its usually something obvious. If I say Halo the number one thought that should come to their head is that it belongs on the xbox instead of "What system?" If they're wrong then you correct them. Its just the way they say, "What system?", that kind of makes it sound like they don't know what they're talking about. I know they can hire anybody but it sure sucks when they advertise that the employees play their game at work.
GCrazy well like earlier talk at the language thats really comfortable to me. Its like talking to people at a forum. They only tried to sell you the discount card but even that is attractive since you guys buy games all the time that paying for that is a drop in the bucket. The people that work there most of the time are usually always excited because they get to talk to you about games. They apply not because its just a place to get money because they can surround themselves with more games and play them.
Post by: KDR_11k on November 17, 2004, 04:55:13 AM
Noone ever tried to sell me anything when buying games. Okay, there was this one time a local retailer gave me the VJ T-Shirt with the game although I didn't preorder for 5 cent extra but even EB didn't ask (but they told me LoZ was "in original packaging" even though a retarded monkey with cabbage for eyes would have noticed it was rewrapped, nothing to say about forgetting to erase their saves).
